Trumps Swamp Of Billionaires And Lobbyists Revealed In Secret White House Visitor Logs

[babylonsister]

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Trump’s Swamp Of Billionaires And Lobbyists Revealed In Secret White House Visitor Logs
By Chris Riotta On 11/22/17 at 11:17 AM


Wall Street billionaires, corporate lobbyists and far right conservatives flooded the White House almost immediately after Donald Trump’s presidential victory, newly released White House visitor logs reveal.

The White House was forced to release the list of visitors to five federal offices after the Washington transparency group Property of the People sued under the Freedom of Information Act. The searchable logs, published Tuesday by ProPublica, provide a glimpse into the creation of the president’s political agenda, spearheaded almost entirely by business interests, with little input from consumer advocacy or humanitarian groups.

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The purposes behind several White House meetings remain shrouded in mystery. For example, Mulvaney met with Jeff Bell, a member of the controversial religious group Opus Dei, which has been said to use cult-like recruitment practices, on March 28.

Meanwhile, out of the 8,807 meetings and people listed in the logs, 2,169 names and subject matter are redacted—nearly 25 percent of the data dump. Property of the People is reportedly negotiating to get some of the identities unmasked.

The Trump administration handled the visitor logs differently than its predecessor. After the Obama administration was sued for its logs, it released them without a court fight. But the Trump administration waged a legal battle to keep the records sealed.

In the end, the Obama administration released three million records.

[Fred Sanders]

1. Opus Dei, "a group known for cult-like recruitment practices" was a visitor? WTF? WH, please

explain this chilling not fake news?

[DBoon]

4. founded in Spain during Franco's fascist regime

and fully supported by that regime

[spanone]

2. some were revealed...thousands redacted....wonder what don has to hide?

[Wounded Bear]

3. K & R...for visibility...nt